The goal of this session is to review the results of field studies conducted by the DeepStar consortium, and sponsored by RPSEA, and then to relate those sometimes surprising results to specific fields in the GOM. By doing so, participants will improve their understanding of the characteristics of deepwater reservoirs and thereby enhance development efforts and appraisal outcomes.

Co-Chair: Warren Winters, Anadarko
Co-Chair: Gene Narahara, Chevron

Lookback Study of Appraisal Programs: How Well Have We Predicted Reserves and Rates in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico?

Gene Narahara - Chevron

A lookback study on the appraisal programs of 30+ producing, deepwater Gulf of Mexico fields was performed providing a comparison of how well reserves and production rates were predicted at the time of sanction versus updated reserves and rates after at least 2 years of production.

DeepStar and RPSEA; Developing and Commercialize Deepwater Technologies

Art Schroeder - Project Manager, RPSEA

The combined organizations have over 150 member companies and currently direct over $6MM in subsurface R&D. The goal of the session is to insure understanding of DeepStar and RPSEA organizations, how to engage and the value proposition for geosciences professionals.

Directional Drilling Created Log Response Issues Resolved Through Innovative Data Gathering and Interpretation Techniques

Charles H. Smith - Halliburton

Images and NMR save the day!

Reservoir management at the Independence Hub - Real Time Pressure and Performance Monitoring, Connectivity Assessment, and Reservoir Simulation: Vortex and Jubilee Gas Fields, Eastern Gulf of Mexico

Richard Beecher, Robin Pearson, Warren Winters - Anadarko Petroleum

This talk illustrates how real time analysis of pressure and performance data by an integrated team has produced a set of "evergreen" reservoir simulations, as well as more realistic geological models. The latter have enhanced our ability to realistically evaluate new Miocene stepout and exploration opportunities.

This session will focus on current and historical exploration challenges in the unique aspects of different parts of the Gulf of Mexico. Participants will discuss lessons learned from established fields, and will review data acquisition and processing methods. Which attributes mean the best production? Large fault blocks with relatively little large-scale faulting and fracturing? Uniform lithologies? Overpressured reservoirs? Participants will discuss published data and case studies.

Chair: Dianna Shelander, Schlumberger

Late Paleocene Submarine Canyons: Distribution, Characteristics, and Role in Deep-Basin Wilcox Sand Deposition

William Galloway and Angela McDonnell - Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin

(Original Authors: William Galloway, Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin; Angela McDonnell, University of Texas)

Gas Hydrates and Microbiological Processes – In Search of New Approaches

José Dourado, Hernani Chaves and Cleveland Jones, Universidade do Estrado do Rio de Janeiro

Description of gas hydrates and pertinent biological processes involved in their formation and destabilization, with implications for the potential of gas hydrates as a natural gas energy source.

(Original Authors: Cleveland Jones, UERJ - Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro; José Diamantino A. Dourado, CEFET/RJ - Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Sukow da Fonseca; Hernani Aquini F. Chaves, UERJ - Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro)

Predicting Gas Hydrates Using Pre-Stack Seismic Date in Deepwater GOM

Dianna Shelander - Schlumberger

A promising methodology for predicting saturations of gas hydrates (Sgh), using industry standard 3D seismic data, involves an integrated workflow of seismic interpretation, rock physics analysis and model building, and seismic data inversion.

(Original Authors: Dianna Shelander, Schlumberger; Jianchun Dai, Schlumberger; George Bunge, Schlumberger; Dan McConnell, AOA Geophysics; Niranjan Banik, Schlumberger)

Project Geophysical Advisor with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in The Woodlands, TX

Douglas Beckman – Anadarko

Review of the activity and potential for the Norphlet Trend in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico.

Well-Log Sequence Stratigraphy of the Shell #1, Block 557, Alaminos Canyon, Ultra Deep Water, Gulf of Mexico

Walter W. Wornardt, Ph.D. - MICRO-STRAT INC.

Sediments in the Shell 557 #1 well were divided into seven sequences in the Cretaceous, six in the Midway-Wilcox, two in the Reklaw formation and correlated with the same sequences onshore Texas.

NETWORKING RECEPTION / POSTER SESSION

POSTER: Workflow for Comprehensive Geohazards Analysis for Planning and Drilling

Linda Holmberg - Consultant

This lays out a multi-disciplinary, interactive workflow to help in planning wells around and through multiple geohazards, in comparing wells, in updating predictions, and in reviewing post-well parameters on seismic

POSTER: The Impact of Supra-Sub Salt Geomechanics on Trap’s Integrity and Drilling

Selim S. Shaker, Ph.D. - Geopressure Analysis Services, Inc. (G.A.S.)

While a great deal is known about salt body delineation from geological and geophysical data, this presentation addresses salt related risk assessment from a geopressure standpoint.

POSTER: DeepStar and RPSEA; developing and commercialize deepwater technologies

Art Schroeder - Project Manager, RPSEA

The combined organizations have over 150 member companies and currently direct over $6MM in subsurface R&D. The goal of the session is to insure understanding of DeepStar and RPSEA organizations, how to engage and the value proposition for geosciences professionals.